On 09/20/10 01:30 PM, Jan Damborsky wrote:
Hi Frank,
as you pointed out below, since SCI tool will serve for interactive
configuration of non-global
zones and for system configuration during text installation, we are
mostly targeting sys admins
residing in enterprise world and we can assume high level of technical
skills.
I agree with you that it is reasonable to provide screens for
configuration of parameters which
are likely to be frequently configured when deploying non-global zone.
At this point, in addition what we already provide in text installer, we
think about following
parameters:
[1] Manual networking configuration
- IPv4 address, netmask, default route for one network interface
As far as IPv6 is concerned, I have looked at what legacy sysid tools
provide
and they only allow to enable/disable IPv6 support for already
configured IPv4
interface.
We could certainly provide at least that, but we can provide for more if
needed,
as PSARC/2010/164 allows better control. We can configure
* static address or addrconf type of configuration as described in
ipadm(1M) man page
* in case of addrconf, stateless & stateful IPv6 parameters as described
in ipadm(1M) man page
* default IPv6 route
Please work out design that includes all of the IPv6 options above,
without any dependency on also configuring IPv4 on the interface. We
are likely to need it sooner rather than later, so I think it makes
sense to implement IPv6 configuration options at this time.
[2] DNS (when manual networking configuration is selected)
Legacy sysid tools provide three screens for configuring DNS:
* domain name
* nameservers (max three)
* search domains (max six)
I think we should provide the same level of configuration.
In configuring DNS, domain and search are mutually exclusive, last
listed in resolv.conf taking precedence. My recommendation would be to
dispense with domain name and merely use the more flexible domain search
list.
Dave
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